Joseph H. Lewis' 'So Dark the Night' (1946) • is 80 years old
"When the murders start, things briefly hot-up. The middle act is quite engrossing... but the narrative offers up so little reward elsewhere…"
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@remydean.bsky.socialJoseph H. Lewis' 'So Dark the Night' (1946) • is 80 years old
"When the murders start, things briefly hot-up. The middle act is quite engrossing... but the narrative offers up so little reward elsewhere…"
@remydean.bsky.social'The White Reindeer' (1952)
patchy #folklore film in which a newlywed woman goes to the local shaman to get help with her love life & is instead turned into a white reindeer vampire... but not as good as that sounds
@remydean.bsky.social'Ninja Wars' (1982)
"...convoluted chronicle of ninjas vs. sorcery as an outcast seeks to defeat a power-hungry samurai who is in the thrall of an evil sorcerer & his five magic monks."
my #movie #review of 4K restoration on #Bluray @framerated.co.uk
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@remydean.bsky.social'The Invisible Boy' (1957)
"Robby the Robot's second feature film is a solid, if dated, family-friendly Saturday-matinee offering featuring 1950s gender stereotypes alongside prescient ‘hard’ #SciFi concepts..."
@remydean.bsky.socialKenji Mizoguchi's 'Ugetsu' (1953)
"...the human cost of war and the motivations of power and profit behind it ... a poetic piece of #supernatural #cinema with a poignant finale that will haunt you..."
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@remydean.bsky.social'The Saragossa Manuscript' (1965)
new 4K restoration of the full uncut print on @filmsradiance.bsky.social UHD + #Bluray
"...is this 3-hour philosophical #fantasy romp a sprawling mess or surrealist masterpiece?"
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